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When an electric jazz guitarist strums a chord, it sustains for several seconds, filling the space behind a melody or solo.
Quand un guitariste de jazz gratte une corde, la note produite dure plusieurs secondes, et peut ainsi servir d'accompagnement à une mélodie ou un solo.
Sutro, Dirk / Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane / Le Jazz pour les nuls
Le Jazz pour les nuls
Sutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane
© Edition First, 2008. Publié en accord avec Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Jazz For Dummies
Sutro, Dirk
© 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Bachelard was strumming on the little window with his fingers, and whistling a march, as though to show his great contempt for such scruples.
Bachelard était allé battre le vitrage du bout des doigts, en sifflotant une sonnerie de clairon, comme pour montrer son parfait mépris devant de pareils scrupules.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
He walked about the room, strummed on the furniture with his clumsy nails, turned about on his heels, and kept saying:"What luck! What luck!
Il marchait, jouait du piano sur les meubles avec ses ongles maladroits, pivotait sur ses talons, et répétait: - Quelle chance, quelle chance!
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
When one married a woman who was disobliging and disgusted with one's little ailments, and who strummed on her piano to the point of making all the dogs of the neighborhood ill, one had to go elsewhere and be made a fool of!
Quand on épousait une femme pas complaisante, dégoûtée des bobos qu'on pouvait avoir, et tapant sur son piano à rendre malades tous les chiens du quartier, on allait en ville se faire ficher de soi!
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Anyhow, she doesn't make you sing, and she isn't forever strumming away on a piano like the other. Oh! that piano !
Au moins, elle ne vous force pas à chanter, elle n'est pas toujours à taper sur un piano comme l'autre.... Oh! ce piano!
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
And when a guitarist strums chords to emphasize the beat, he becomes a part of the rhythm section, which also includes bass, drums, and sometimes piano.
La guitare peut aussi marquer le tempo, et ainsi collaborer à la section rythmique, qui en principe consiste en une basse, une batterie et parfois un piano.
Sutro, Dirk / Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane / Le Jazz pour les nuls
Le Jazz pour les nuls
Sutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane
© Edition First, 2008. Publié en accord avec Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Jazz For Dummies
Sutro, Dirk
© 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
She was even quite a little lady, up to reading, embroidery, chattering, and strumming on the piano.
C'était même une demoiselle, savante déjà, lisant, brodant, bavardant, tapant sur les pianos.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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strum

verb
Basic forms
Paststrummed
Imperativestrum
Present Participle (Participle I)strumming
Past Participle (Participle II)strummed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I strumwe strum
you strumyou strum
he/she/it strumsthey strum
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am strummingwe are strumming
you are strummingyou are strumming
he/she/it is strummingthey are strumming
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have strummedwe have strummed
you have strummedyou have strummed
he/she/it has strummedthey have strummed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been strummingwe have been strumming
you have been strummingyou have been strumming
he/she/it has been strummingthey have been strumming
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I strummedwe strummed
you strummedyou strummed
he/she/it strummedthey strummed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was strummingwe were strumming
you were strummingyou were strumming
he/she/it was strummingthey were strumming
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had strummedwe had strummed
you had strummedyou had strummed
he/she/it had strummedthey had strummed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been strummingwe had been strumming
you had been strummingyou had been strumming
he/she/it had been strummingthey had been strumming
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will strumwe shall/will strum
you will strumyou will strum
he/she/it will strumthey will strum
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be strummingwe shall/will be strumming
you will be strummingyou will be strumming
he/she/it will be strummingthey will be strumming
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have strummedwe shall/will have strummed
you will have strummedyou will have strummed
he/she/it will have strummedthey will have strummed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been strummingwe shall/will have been strumming
you will have been strummingyou will have been strumming
he/she/it will have been strummingthey will have been strumming
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would strumwe should/would strum
you would strumyou would strum
he/she/it would strumthey would strum
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be strummingwe should/would be strumming
you would be strummingyou would be strumming
he/she/it would be strummingthey would be strumming
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have strummedwe should/would have strummed
you would have strummedyou would have strummed
he/she/it would have strummedthey would have strummed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been strummingwe should/would have been strumming
you would have been strummingyou would have been strumming
he/she/it would have been strummingthey would have been strumming
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am strummedwe are strummed
you are strummedyou are strummed
he/she/it is strummedthey are strummed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being strummedwe are being strummed
you are being strummedyou are being strummed
he/she/it is being strummedthey are being strummed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been strummedwe have been strummed
you have been strummedyou have been strummed
he/she/it has been strummedthey have been strummed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was strummedwe were strummed
you were strummedyou were strummed
he/she/it was strummedthey were strummed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being strummedwe were being strummed
you were being strummedyou were being strummed
he/she/it was being strummedthey were being strummed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been strummedwe had been strummed
you had been strummedyou had been strummed
he/she/it had been strummedthey had been strummed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be strummedwe shall/will be strummed
you will be strummedyou will be strummed
he/she/it will be strummedthey will be strummed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been strummedwe shall/will have been strummed
you will have been strummedyou will have been strummed
he/she/it will have been strummedthey will have been strummed

strum

noun
SingularPlural
Common casestrum*strums
Possessive casestrum's*strums'